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That was... a long day. Thanks for sharing those interesting hands, and a glimpse into a busy day prepping for bridge glory!

Love this tutorial: succinct, clear, and fun. Your enthusiasm for this brilliant game shines through. Hopefully we get more players joining us at the bridge table!

Wow, I'm glad the RUclips algorithm gods recommended me to you. I love the way you narrate this hand: very fun and vibrant, but also informative. I can't imagine how disappointed you must have been when dummy came down with no spades honour 😱 How do you keep track of which opp had which honour, and then use that to infer who has what by counting HCP? That's something I'm trying to do, but I'm also trying to keep track of outstanding trumps, suit distributions, intermediate cards... Cognitive overload!

Malaria pill yikes…. Good luck Kai!! Have fun be safe enjoy ❤

Just found your channel. Great stuff! I can tell I'm about to get better as a bridge player. Subscribing now.

Did you consider 5D instead of 5H, to involve spades?

nicely done. the bad news is, only one opponent bid the minor game, and they went down

no, it isn't CERTAIN that R has AD. you could bet your house on it, but not your life

King of spades is the play, endplaying LHO. If you're playing with experts or good flight A players, I like the sac personally. Opps are finding and making a minor suit game. I would stick 3H over 3D personally, especially if you're willing to bid 5H over 5m. On shape, you're a K better than opening, and you can probably assume a mild heart fit. You can also scare off opps from the game, especially if the bidding goes ...-3H-4C-4H-?

This is a great example of bad sacrifice. By your own admission opponents get to the thin game. They are probably going to make it less than half of the time. Even with an actual hand that makes double dummy no guarantee that declarer will get it right. He may play N for Kxx or Kx. In first case you must play Q from the hand in second play low to J followed by A. Not to mention he need to get SP right too. And there are many hands where the game is hopeless. For example, exchange Adi and Acl in opps hands. But lets say game is going to make 50% of the time. So when you right you will be gaining +100 (3 imps) and when you are wrong will lose 600 (13 IMPS) not a good odds

Best wishes!! Good luck!!!❤

Passing 5C is not on my radar. I would have splintered initially - this hand looks like a min game raise to me - and if it then went 5C-p-p back to me I would likely double with the red suit defense; but p should be doubling in front of me I think with a min flat defensive hand. I don't know how it only went -1 :)

Good luck and have fun!

Great first vlog Kai! Very interesting

I would have bid 3H after 3D; when they reach the game in a minor, your pard. should go to 5H himself. In any case, nice thinking, my friend! (Wonder where you learned to "think outside the box" like that!)

Really cool hand! I just discovered your channel, you're such a good presenter and teacher. The way you layed down everything was so clear and easy to follow, which is a rarity on bridge youtube. Do you focus on livestreaming or are you planning on putting out more videos on this channel? Also do you have any book/resource recommendations for elimination plays?

great play of the hand !

Really shows why -500 vs -600 is such a bad sacrifice. You gained 2 IMPs if they were making and lost 14 if they went down. They'd need to make 87.5% of the time to break even. Finessing twice in diamonds looks correct or at the very least reasonable. A !ot of layouts where 5m is just hopeless, unusual for partner to have four card support and not raise so two hearts might even cash.

just bid 4H over 1d

Thanks very much! 😊

Though it wouldn't affect the final contract here, how would North interpret 5D from you? It can't be slam interest since you were willing to let them play in 3D. It can't be single suited in hearts since you would just bid them. It's certainly not showing clubs. So 4-6 or 5-6 (or even better) in the majors seems likely. That give North a chance to bid 5S with Qxxxx and a singleton or doubleton heart, say. And, if they bid 6C over you, North knows that a four or five card spade suit is likely to be bad news for defence so might raise to 6H on Jxx, say. Congratulations on the play though. I spotted the KS after you had telegraphed it in the explanation but I doubt I would have found it at the table.

Excellent explanations and play!

Wow!!!!😊

Great how you explain all the moves and the reasoning behind each move and what the potential outcome is. Makes you really think about the hand and what the outcome could possibly be and weather to bid or not.

Great first video. Will be following you as you continue with your bridge videos. Congratulations.